ANU student newspaper Woroni historical copies

Official Propaganda Section of the O.-U.C*- Student Body

In the first Woroni this ye ar, Freshers were told that they
were no longer at school. Woroni apologises for thus misleading
them. Last Friday night the Registrar made it quite plain that we
are still very much irresponsible adolescents by breaking up the
Commencement Ball at 2 o’clock and having the Hall locked up at
half past. Few people would want the Commencement Ball to drag on
to say half past four in the morning, and of course it would in
fact have been stopped long before this by the S.R.C., especially
as they would have to pay the extra cost of the band, but the way
the Ball was going,. an extra hour would, have been appreciated by
most of those present. The . sudden placing of the National Anthem
as the party was warming up came as an irritating end' to an other
wise excellent evening* 'We .doubt whether those members of the
staff who were there liked the early closure any more than we did«

A most annoying feature of the whole affair was that the
S.R.C. was not even officially informed of the Registrar’s decis-
ion. This appears to indicate a lack of consideration for those
persons elected to represent the student body (shut up Law Stud-
ents — this is-, a solidarity mat ter) . It also shows a lack of con-
sideration for the students / themselves^ and would be considered a
grave discourtesy to any oiher organisation.

We also dislike the implication that the S.R.C. is not fit
to be entrusted with the conduct of what is a student affair. As
such persons as Joan Thomson, . Josie Richards, Pat Geach, Jacques
Grenot and Alf McCarthy (to take a few na tries at random) are mem-
bers of the S.R.C. , we feel that this slur is unjustified^

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It is thought that, the Registrar s action may have been due
to a complaint about the ''-Revue party the previous Saturday. As it
happens, this party was quieter than usual (particularly compared
with last year) and the amount of alcohol consumed was very mod-
erate. Even had the Revue party been objectionable ( which it most
certainly was not), we do not see why the large number of people
who patronised, the. Ball should be made to suffer for behaviour' at
an unrelated function.

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The old 'order change th, 'giving place to new ... and Wo.roni
says goodbye to editor John Carroll, who has been, responsible for
some 21 issues over .thecas t two, years. John _ of f icially resigned
on Sunday, and the S.R.C. has appointed Christopher Jay as editor
in his place. A motion was passed thanking John for his very val-
uable services. The fact that the new editor is a full-timer is
another indication of the increasing’ importance of that class in
the life of the C.piC,. v/oroni is also, now completely free, from the
S.R.C., ns the disclaimer published below confirms, and this will
probably be beneficial. ... 1 '•••••••

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..The. new editor is appointed, on the following
conditions: He is entitled to supplies from

the S.R.C. for a maximum of 12 pages every
fortnight. He is free to publish anything he
pleases, and must take full responsibility
-for this. He must publish specific material
from the S.R.C. and allow the S.R.C. to reply
in the same issue to attacks , on ..It . He can
nrot be directed not to print anything - the
S.R.C.’s only recourse in such .circumstances
is to sack the editor. Should 'this actually

happen

it is a brave S.R.C. that would

risk being,, saddled with the job . themselves j ,
the editor, is entitled to demand a General
Mooting to investigate the dispute. As the
new editor is, oh the whole, pro- S.R.C., we
feel that these last eve'nts are unlikely, but
it is as well to be prepared for all contin-
. go ncios. • • ' '

"Woroni” is not an official
publication of -the Student Rep-
resentative Council. It is the
publication of the Students Ass-
ociation, the organisation 'of all
students in the College. The ed-
itor of Vor'oni is legally - 'and
morally - responsible for all
matter published in the paper,
except for official S.R.C. matter
such as this announcement .7 Any
objec tions . to any material app-
earing in this newspaper should
be addressed to the Editor.

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Here' is an attack on the S.R.C.
Mo : st students will probably
sympathise with them,' b'ut we
print it all the same. When is
the S.R.C. going to clean out
the S.R.C. Office?

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Do YOU know what Ah. Schol. Is? Then see PAT GEACH.

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The Canberra Times critic was not there. The Chicken. We were
under the impression that the Revue was sufficiently important to
warrant at least a mention in the columns of the local apology for
a newspaper, hut the Canberra Crimes thought otherwise. Never' mind
girls and hoys, we did very well without him - opinion was divided
as to whether this year 9 s effort was better than last year’s, hut
most agreed that it was a good show, and all agree that the audie-
nce enjoyed it. Gross takings were £ 134-19“9 s> hut printing and
advertising costs have to he deducted, not to mention fines for all
our under 'age performers, such as the dog and Absalom the Cabbage .

Some of the scripts were very good indeed, and both dances
were greatly enjoyed by the audience. Singing ms much better than
last year? in particular, Tim Ellis did an excellent job with his
two items. The programmes maintained the usual very. high standard.

We will not repeat all the credits?

. (a). Because we gave them in detail last issue.

(b). You will find them on the programme which
you received when you fulfilled your duty
by attending the Revue.

■ (c). We are very short of space for this issue.

To sum ups we feel that this year’s Revue was well worth the
effort put into it, and was well received. Those individual perfo-
rmances worthy of mention but omitted here - well the performers
can console themselves that they received due recognition from the
audience, and that. after all, is the most important thing.

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It is with great sorrow that we
sadly announce the tragic demise
of Absalom the Cabbage at the age
of three months. Absalom, who
manfully endured three savage

three savage
knife thrusts in the interest of
art, finally met the fate predict-
ed for him by Humphrey Bramble
and was converted into sauerkraut.

Absalom had hoped to become
the college mascot, it being his
deeply expressed desire to assist
to the utmost his dearly -beloved
students in their studies and re-
laxations. However he was beaten
for this position by Suzanne the
Model. When Suzanne was abstracted,
by, it is believed, some lav; stu-
dents. Unf or tunately , just as he
seemed about to triumph, he perished,
at a tender age. A late move to
have him pickled and thus preserved
for posterity was abortive. R.I.P.

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Sir, . •••••-- - ;

Statistics show that the average, height .of the. Australian
male is 5’9 n • Therefore any description of a ; male Australian
over that height should not include the offensive word “short” •
I, sir, am a male Australian, o Therefore, sir, X shall he

pleased if you will retract your scurrilous description of me

in the last issue of Woroni, particularly the. word” short u ?

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It occurs to me that you may have based your description
on a comparison with your own beanpole status. In future, may I
suggest that you refrain from looking down on those who, while
not as lean and attenuated as yourself, are still above average
height .

Yours in aime, etc.

Dougal Macdonald.

Note: In all future issues of Woroni 195°
rt short w on page three' will be. repla
above statistically proved average”

roni 1958/ B, the adjective
be. replaced with ” 1 - 5 - inchei

Sir, -

There are some glaring inaccuracies and half-truths con-
tained in a tendentious report on the H.U.A.U.S. by our pres-
ident published in your last issue 0 It is only fair that the
facts on the higly contentious issue of H.U.A.U.S. should be
put in their proper perspective by way of a disinterested an-
alysis. ’

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Firstly, Mr. Masterman contends that “if you are study-
ing under a Commonwealth Scholarship, the National Union got
it for you”. Such an exaggerated claim for the Union's in-
fluence as a pressure group will not square with the facts 5 i t
is common knowledge that Mr. John Dedman (when Minister for )
Post-war Recons truction) and the A.L.P. were responsible for
this educational' reform, not the NUaUS .

Again, it is claimed that "many of the things you take
for granted...” result from N. U...I.U.S. representations. Could
Mr Masterman be a little more specific? This over -inflated
claim must be unrivalled for vacuousness.

Thirdly , we are informed that the Union represents us
at . international student conferences-yery _ ;0 od indeed, but
this smacks of trips for* the boys at 0 ur expense .Furthermore
it is patently oovious that these wind— bn g>therin s achieve-
little more than the manufacture of Red propaganda, • The ingen-
uous delegates that gather at these Conferences are mere
Communist dupes. • 1

It suffices uo say that if the 11UA-US is not of Communist
sympathies it is, at best, of a decidedly bri bt oink colour.

The grapevine informs me that HUAUS intends to call
applications for the appointment of a research officer this •
year at a salary of around £2000p.a. to inquire into "aspects
! f education . It woulo. be most un_.ali. 3 nt to shower ridicule
on this nebulous little scheme , because-’ every Public Servant
knows wha t a , pod job the “Crystal gazers "do in Commonwealth'''.
Departments- that- is, twhen they are not on sick leave caused
by trying to walk through closed doors ‘ instead of o ie nin-

th em.

.nsteacl of opening

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The S.R.
tha t our annua
Association fo
tures will he
a wiser policy
angels fear to
ui lull affili
ersity student
haps Mr. Maste

C. has been somewhat reticent about informing us
1 affiliation . fee payable by the C.U. C. Students*
r the dubious honour of financing these risky ven-
in the vicinity of £ 200. It therefore seems that
would be one of wait and see - fools rush- in where
tread - before we embark on the retrograde step
ation with, the National ■ Union of Australian Univ-
s. There' is more in this than meets the eye- -per-
rman even 'wants a trip overseas at our expense.

M J A N E T T "

(Name withheld through fear of victimisation).

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■ “Janett # s" letter is
any half truths of which I
of any; could the lady spe
most flagrant misstatement
'not be paid £ 2000 but. £ 1
the very most, not £ 200.
pardon, if her . figures are
think of he r . va 0 ue " accuse t
mmunism-'* - sme^r tactiss

just as tendentious as my report but
may have been guilty - (I was not aware
cify?) have been transformed into. the
s . ' The proposed Research Of f ice r would

000 • Membership would cost us £100 at
If "Janett’s" figure is over- rated- -
overstated by 100%, what are we to
ions of “trips for the boys" and "Co-

Jim Carlton’s report in the supplement to this issue shows
Y/hy N.U.A.U.S. cannot be a popular organisation in the same way
as a local body. The. .benefits are more intangible, and the only
way we can fully enjoy them is by joining National Union; this
will also give us a chance to remedy any abuses which might exist.

Christopher J. Masterman,'

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As a result of the May, 1957'dEd i tors * conference held in
(in case you. are dull) May, the Australian University Press is
to publish, three times a year, a supplement which will collect
news from all Australian Universities. With. ‘a circulation of
over 21,000, the supplement can sway public opinion to some ex-
tent, and provide expression of common interests among students.

Finance has been made available by N.U.A.U.S. and, in add-
ition, constituent bodies are asked for a 4d a head contribution
to cover initial expenses. It is hoped that advertising revenue
will supplement the supplement. Unless your copy of woroni has
been tampered with, you should find the first supplement attac-
hed to this issue.

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Sir 9

In response to the invitat
I strongly object to the propose
sides being crudely composed and
character with this, noble . establ
noisy bird of brilliant plumage "
ponsible for the latest issue mi
a singularly .inappropriate coat
garded as boing appropriate „ As
why it should be appropriate.

ion in the latest issue of Woroni,
d coat of arms for Narellan. Be-
drav/n, it is completely out of
i shine nt* Be r hap s' the Jay ( 11 a

) who holds himself morally res-
ght be able to exxjlain why such
of arms and motto should be re-
he. doesn’t live here, I can’t see

Yours, etc.,

The Staid Narellanite

P.S. It would be better if the motto was in Latin.

Editorial Note;

item concerned emanated from Narellan.

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Will someone please tell me what it is about Narellan
that makes certain inhabitants appear quite intoxicated? While
peacefully walking along the corridor, I have twice noticed an
aboarentlv inebria ted- female (starry eyes, brilliant red cheeks,
s t agger in 0 gait) Who had to bo assisted to her room by a friend.
If you wish, to identify her, then the fact that she was returning
from a room near the office might help you. When I say '' she was
quite inebriated, I do; hot mean by alcohol. I think it was more
likely that she had had an overdose of gazing (?) at Venus. (Do ;

I detect a. crimson blush? ) . Are all Narellanites always in this
condition? - , • ■

Now a few words about the Revue I finally managed to see
it and enjoyed every, moment , Congratulations to the cast and
those who had the unenviable task of producing it. You’all!di& a
very good job. - * ■

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The C.U.C. Men 1 ’ s Hockey Club must be feeling quite con-
fident of themselves - at any rate, they have challenged the
female section of the Uni. to a match.- All girls should be wel-
come , whe ther to actually play or to be in the team. Having

Hunter.

Do you know what Alb. Schol . is yet? You DON * T??? Then see Pat Geach,

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Lead on MacDuff, lead on lead, lead thy buttry to a dy-
ing grave. Ih peace there’s nothin^ so becomes a man as silent
stomach, working noiselessly* But when the clarion call of.
buttery gravy sounds in the depths, then^tis the call to action,
to do high deeds and win deathless renown* Yea, one and all, I
say unto ye » » * • in short, the buttery is still ailing, and here
conies our regular feature article on the subject*

Never has any institution boon more often on the point of
dying as has our buttery. Never has such an institution struggled
on with such sheer coura 0 e and stark endurance, ±\ ne and time
a 0 aijt> we hear the cry - pay up and eat or it will die. Student

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shining courage with which it surmounts crisis after crisis* Who
can fail to feel that our buttery shows the 'way to higher things?
You may laugh - you may jeer ->you can even be indifferent , but
brethren, I say unto you®: Students may come and may not go, but
the buttery struggles along forever.-

Ah wells pies are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our
little stew is rounded with a chop* And like the glittering
tomato sauce 9 the potato towers, the glistening walls of noble
sauerkraut 0 the limitless seas of greasy gravy, spread over all
the wide . wide world of stainless steel sink .counter and tray,
yet life must continue, and T/oroni be issued, and the student
body urged to !: j?a tronj.se the Buttery - accept no substitute.”

So n therefore how about it. You need the buttery - the
buttery needs you- It can be a profitable symbiosis, if only
YOU will play your part. Here., in case you cannot read notices,
are again the Buttery S 's hours s

By 11,00 aoiiir orders must be in for lunch or sandwiches.

..'■By 12*30 Pr.mc the sandwiches nay be available - this is
the earliest this will happen*

By . 5*00 p*m* orders must be in. for tea' on Tuesdays and
, Thursdays * * ‘T

And Please - will students col lect the meals they ; have

ordered * .

(Q* T D) f?TA To) U]' 0 . ■

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It, me & ba incredible, but it is possible that students
may soon have better opportunities for recreation than chasing
round the ping-pong table. Larry Schick and Jack Nutt, aided
and abetted by Joan Thomson,, have inspired a General Meeting
of the Sports Union tonight (Wednesday) in' the Common Boom at'^
9*00 poiii. 'As all students are ipso facto, members of the sports-*-'
union, • we 7 urge you all to come along and see about the reorgan-
isation' of sport in the, College. Suggested ’' clubs are badminton,
ping-pong, darts, squash, billiards, hockey,, tennis, volleyball,
basketball, softball etc. etc.

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Wowsers abound yet... Take this letter in the. Canberra Times;

Sir , '•. : "- 1 ' •'

The behaviour of a 'group of University students on Saturday
morning in Civic Centre is alarming to parents who are contempla-
ting -.sending .their children to the .Universi ty College * Not only
diet they obstruct people hurrying to finish shopping, but their
behaviour in, .several shops, with • shouted remarks about extortion-
ate .pri-cesy was quite disgusting. In addition, they were, carrying
an indecent display model, obtained heaven knows how . This child-
ish activity was capped by their invasion of the Goodwin Homes
fete, the ‘advertising for which they were obviously trying to
ridicule * We are often told that these people are the leaders of
tomorrow! In view. of such behaviour, can we believe this?

• . ' • . CANBERRA MOTHER.

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The actions of the three- Sydney University , students who
attempted • to cut the tape on the Q,uay roadway and those irrespon-
sible individuals from the CcU.-C,- who made an exhibition of them-
selves in Civic Centre on Saturday morning are the culmination of
a long series of tasteless stunts which seem to delight the modern
University student. There was a time when, these pranks were gen-
uinely amusing, but, the modern generation seems lacking in taste.,
and finesse, and their efforts are less funny every year.

.To. curb this loutish behaviour, I suggest that all prank-
sters who arc- caught should be sentenced to a weeks work on the
roads without pay » Since students are notoriously averse to
physical exertion, these outbursts of larrikinism should swift-
ly cease • „

,. v ' JULIUS VI ONBERG.

HERB ARE SOME lETTOixS UHICK THE CANBERRA TIMES DID NOT PUBLISH.

Sir,

CANBERRA MOTHER complains about University students ^Ob-
structing, people hurrying t.o finish their shopping",. If peoole
would not hurry to finish shopping, this would not occur. Shop
assistants dread the frantic last-minute rush of selfish in-
dividuals like Canberra Mother, who should get her shopping
done earlier. Canberra Mother is exploiting the long-suffering
class of shop-assistants by surging into shops at 29 minutes
past eleven. It is time shops were closed at" 2 ^' pas t eleven as
is already done with Y/oo'lworths, to eliminate this disgusting
last minute rush.' ’

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Your recent -correspondent
(who has decided to mother Can-
berra) wi 11 not Another me. As a
future leader of society. I in-
tend to. dissipate my frustration
c omplexe.s be.f ore a s s inning the ;
Prime' : Mi hi s ter ship .

’ ; H,Vc Pivot,

DISGUSTED.

StTy

• Is Canberra Mother dis-
gusted on her own behalf, or
on behalf of the community ?

If she found anything object-
ionable about Suzanne the mod-,
el who was decently clad, then
it is high time she returned
to .her knitting.

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Sir,- I wish to. complain
about certain letters pub-
lished in your columns
which condemned the actions
of C.U.G. students on Sat-
urday 3 March 23rd c

While walking down from
East Row to. the College 9 I
was jostled 9 pushed aside
and generally disturbed by
hordes of unwashed , undis“
ciplined primary school
children who conducted
“pushes' 1 through the crowds
while advertising a charity
function due to take place
that afternoon. -The total
number of those children
vastly exceeded the number
of students involved in the
stunt under discussion. They
spent far more time than the
students in parading the
streets. I have heard nobody
.complain about their behaviour
which, was rowdy in the extreme
Perhaps Canberra MOTHER
feels that public morals are
offended by this sort of dem-
ons tration* I doubt that she
would criticise shop-keepers
who display models such as.
were carried by the students j
T hen let neither her. nor any-
body else, criticise students
who were quietly pursuing a
legitimate activity - which
also was for the benefit of
a charity.

As for Mr. Vionberg* s com-
plaint, I would remind him
that penalties such as he
desires to see imposed on
students are usually invoked
if the lav; is broken* Mr.
Vionberg is no doubt aware of
the number of policemen to be
found in and around Civic
Centre on Saturday morning.
Perhaps he. would like to crit-
icise them for taking no act-
ion in a matter which he feels
should have been stopped. Un-
fortunately for Mr, Vionberg* s
feelings, no law v.as broken,
no offence was given. Mr.
Vionberg' has my sympathy for
his frustration*

STUDENT CONDUCT DEPENDED

Sir,- It was with outraged
dismay that we read the
wholly unfounded accusat-
ions levelled against us in
the letter signed CANBERRA
MOTHER published in the
Canberra Times. We feel
ourselves impelled, there-
fore, though with great
reluctance, to make reply
to those charges, thereby
reinstating the impeccable
reputation hitherto enjoy-
ed by our Universi ty *

If these charges are to
be accepted • as an authentic
nc count of the happenings
on Saturday morning f the
reader is left with the in-
evitable impressions that
our behaviour was worthy
rather of Black and Tans,
than of t5 Tho leaders of
tomorrow. 11 This is unjust.
The demonstration -consist-
ed of some 12 students in
academic gowns bearing in-
offensive placards, and
one clad plaster model le-
gitimately obtained.

The purpose of our "de-
mos trat ion was the adver-
tisement of the annual Un-
iversity Revue. The so-ca-
lled “demons trat ion 1 ’ was
conducted in a sober P and
orderly fashion, giving of-
fence to no one.

To the best of our know-
ledge, such remarks as were
in fact passed by members
of our party regarding"ex-
tortionate prices 0 were
made in a purely jocular
fashion,, and accepted as
such. by customers and staff
alike*

Finally, far from attem-
pting in any way to ridic-
ule the praiseworthy work
of those associated with
the Goodwin Homes Fair,
members of our party pur-
chased two delicious choc-
olate calces from one of
their stalls.

Michael Austin, Judith
Baskin, Noil Be ckhaus , Mar-
tin Benson, John Carroll,
Wendy Cromer, Rafe de Cre-
spigny, Colin McKerras,
Lloyd Melhuisli, Joan Thomson,
University College
Student* Association.

Andrew CROPPER

Puzzled still by Ab. ScholA?
Then Pat Geach is still the
girl to see.

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'tMtsam

The Secretary,

Canberra University College Students

Dear Miss Thomson,

Me the undersigned fifte
ancial) of the Students » Association, in acc
tio-n 18 of the constitution of the associati
Students 5 Representative Council to summon a
of the Association, for the purpose of debat
notice-of-raotions~

"The Canberra University College Students 9 Association
no longer has confidence in the President of the Association
and requests his resignation from the position of President
as from the- close of business of this meeting."

lows fif teen .'signatures, which
been released for publication* )

She meeting referred- to will be called for Wednesday 9^h April
It will be at 9*00 in the Common Room. ¥e ask you all to turn
up, as this will be a most important.. meeting.

PEE SIDEHT referred to is Christopher John MAS TERMAU, age 20.

He is fair-haired son of Kay Chauney Mastornan, Associate
Professor of Classics. Chris is in his third year at the
College - was our first full-time president ever, and strong
on full-time rights. He is. 5 ' 10 11 (one inch above the average
for the Australian male). The dissatisfaction with his' pres-
idency appears to be failure to act, rather than wrong' actions.
Discussion about . lNt.U.A/tJ.S. will no doubt occur, 1 also criticism
of the S.R.C. The part the lawyers will, play is uncertain-. The
exact nature of the charges against Chris, are not yet fully
known - to find out, you will have to come to the meeting, or
else wait for our next issue, which will contain a detailed
report. So once again, come along - this matter is urgent*

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• ».o * * ' have' jus t held the xr ..annual meetings We apologise .to the
secretary for not printing the official report, for lack of space,
"but wo hope that the following is a fair summary- s

The . second annual/ general mooting of the Canberra University
Law Society , achieved three things* It elected now offijeo hearers,
extended the constitution, to admit no n-La-w! students ,, and changed
tho date for payment of fees#.:-.-- • .. ...

New officers ares- PPBSI3BNT *, ‘-Po'CL-ttsv";’ •• "^r? • \

• , v VICE -President •> jL NoswoftHy //d j

V • Se.c.rc ta-ry.i . .«*.*. i c ’ $£■•*■. Eraser J ' . - J- : . :

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C0MMITTEE3 : - . , 0 0 , E * Rinaldi .

Ac Preece.o . „ .

B. Schick* '■*'

Outgoing president V/ilf Prey was praised for his keenness and
ability as President? and nessrs. Parkes , Worth, Nutt and Odgers
thanked for their more than competent fulfillment of office.

In future , non-Law students interested in the society nay
join and participate in all activities of the society except
the actual administration. '■ • =• : -

PEES *- concern Was 'felt oyer the financial solvency of

younger members of the society , since their fail-
ure'. to, ;pay their dues l.adt year apparently indicated hardship*

It was accordingly resolved that members of the Society in fhll-
time employment should continue to pay 10/- subscription, but
those not so placed should pay only. 5/“* Ordinary members i„e 0
non-Law students debarred from office but otherwise eligible'.. to .
participate will also pay only 5/-.

At one stage it was feared that tho meeting could not
continue, as there was at that time not one financial member,
but this was remedied by those public-spirited members who paid
up without a whimper* However, since fees are still not payable
until 14 days after the A.G.M** the s'ame thing may happen next
year. It is hoped that a special meeting will remedy this during
the year®

Many members complained about individuals who '’hogged"
important books for weeks n thereby inconveniencing 'others (this
is 'not confined to Law Students-* - Edo) Mr* Nutt stated that the
Law- Society room was' practically uninhabitable, and asked that
a few picture's, curtains and a chair or two be provided.' The .
committee was asked to bo active in providing moots, debates etc#
It is hoped that the official (?) -'w’Oroni reporter who was
present at cc-rtain stages of the Meeting appreciates the licence
allowed to him, and. admits that his presence was of only short” •"
duration, this being imposed by himself.. (Actual time was one
hour.)

This report has been severely condensed* The full
report will no doubt appear in the Law Notes*

A bottle of deodorant has been
sitting in tho Law Society pigeon-
hole for a: week. The purpose was
revealed when our reporter’s appear
ance was greeted v/ith a demand for
the obnoxious smell to be dealt
with.' -However , reflecting that
"the resulting publicity in the
gutter' press of the College did
much to put us on the map", they
did not press the matter,*

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The Forestry School has written to Chris , Masterman about
ssibility of strengthening their team for the firstgrade
Union with C.U»Co students# (Sorry Ron Miller - perhaps
uld write us a screed on the advantages of Norths) » They
like a few volunteers who would like to play with a student
nd are not already committed ,

We are told from reliable sources
( not the caretaker this time but
the cleaners) that the next college
dance , if held in the Hall? will
have to stop at 10,30 p*m. In
order to make it worthwhile 3 the
Registrar has blessed our using
the Buttery for a (Nursery) ’’High
Tea’' 1 #

ABOUT W TRS ACLEBEAK "

by "Ninky

so-lit tie girl lives here*
an. call her what you choose)
quite a Scandel-Mo n..er
lust for juicy news.

With the curiosity of a cat,

The cunnin_ of a fox.

She O oes round seein_ who likes who
And takin_ keys from locks.

Although she ’s only youn in sin
She's quite a little pest.

And she can twist things back-th
And print them-wi th the best,’

every ni 0 ht
doth burn.

sts return,
fast her sly tongue
not-so-bri_:ht ,
with a knowin_ smile
late last ni ht?"

IT'S NOT TRUE

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